They used GitHub pages as a dumb host for HTML files, JavaScript, images, CSS. Repo link in the story, here for convenience: https://github.com/thstsa/spacetourism
Even has a .nojekyll file in the repo, and they since moved publishing to Netlify.
But you can use pure html in many other generators, if they ban based on capability and not usage then the ruling is as intended.
I agree they should have just been asked to move it to another site in that case so the judge can be sure there isn't anything going on behind the scenes, I wonder why they didn't just ask that the instant they saw it was github pages instead of just disqualifying it without notice?
> I wonder why they didn't just ask that the instant they saw it was github pages instead of ...
It sound like the person who did the judging isn't technical at all, so saw "github" and that was the end of it. They don't know any better themselves.
The git history is publicly available in the repo and you can see all the changes are directly to the source. They obviously were not using a generator.
It would be difficult to find a web host that doesn't support a variety of templates and HTML generators. What should matter is whether the students used them, not whether they are available on the same host.
Being "technically right" is more rightness than some teachers require: We all know about teachers who are right because they are teachers, ditto bosses and family members and so on. Learning this now is good experience, and learning it in a context where they might even be able to leverage it into a job interview is even better.
Sure. And I think you can host your own HTML/CSS/JS on Wix too.
It's reasonable to blacklist a whole range of solutions that contain the ability to be used as template engines and then insist the students use something else.
I don't think it's reasonable to blacklist the most popular VCS website used among developers. It's a competition for devs, they _should_ be using version control.
All it would take is a cursory glance by another dev to know if they used templating or not, which I would consider baseline for a developer contest.
The article says their teacher just seen it was on GitHub and disqualified them off the bat. Unreasonable imo
They hosted it on GitHub. Not stored the source there. Hosted it.
Besides, I would say that teaching people how to use version control is good. But there are lots of non-GitHub solutions. Prefer those for students! Teach them the fundamentals.
Considering that many states now prohibit teens from driving at night, or driving with other teens as passengers without an adult -- or in some states driving without an adult, period -- even with the highest permit level available to them, and sometimes up til age 18... I mean, I don't know or want to know how much of that you got up to in broad daylight with a parent in the car, but I'm going to bet it's close to zero.
Eh, I don't think that's it. California lets you get your full, unlimited license as early as 17 (permit at 15.5, 6 months of permit, license with restrictions at 16, license without any restrictions after a year), and the restrictions before that are hardly "require a chaperone" level. But between my time and my (significantly younger) brother's time, the number of teenagers bothering to go through it all dropped off precipitously.
> Vicky Vosk got her red Nissan truck, the one she always wanted, on her 16th birthday. It was supposed to be the culmination of a childhood master plan: She would get her driver’s license that day, marking the start of an era of independence from her parents.
> But today her truck sits in the garage, banned from being used in any type of cruising expedition with friends. Because of a new law in California, Vosk has put on hold her long-awaited freedom at the wheel, joining a generation of California teenagers who must pay their dues before obtaining full driving privileges.
> “It’s frustrating. With the old law, everyone was looking forward to the day they turned 16. Now you have to wait so long to get your license,” she said.
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> * The provisional license stage, which comes after passing a driving test and lasts until the teenager turns 18. During the first six months of this phase, teenagers are allowed to drive on their own, but they can’t transport any passengers younger than 20 without someone 25 or older in the car. In addition, they are not allowed to drive between midnight and 5 a.m. unless accompanied by a driver 25 or older.
I don't know where they found this misinformation, but the provisional license rules (no nighttime driving, no driving peers) are only for the first 12 months, per the CA DMV [0]
Not mentioned, or glossed over, in this story in favor of psychologists saying teens are scared:
- gas prices
- changes to license and permit laws for minors since 2000,[1] particularly the widespread introduction of graduated driver licensing programs that mean getting a license before age 18 doesn't grant the independence that it once did[2]
- teen employment levels, even in recovery from steep decades-long lows, remain well below those of 25 years ago[3][4]
- recent history; the decline was already steep in 2013, and 37% of a cohort of teens said they simply didn't have enough time to prioritize learning how to drive[5]
- context of almost all age groups also declining in license attainment rates over the same period[5]
- US auto manufacturers eliminating lower-priced models by converting everything to more expensive crossovers, SUVs, and trucks, with more-expensive EVs replacing compacts; even though a plurality of GenZers (36%) buying used vehicles in 2018 bought either compact or midsize cars, "Detroit is betting that even if young people wait longer to buy a car, they eventually will when finances improve and they start families. And then, they’ll buy an SUV or truck"[6]
- preparing for student loan debt is a higher priority to teens and their families even before they incur any of it; a teen who bought a used car for $2,500 says "it was a relief to avoid car payments and debt"[6]
- licenses require more formal training than ever, and the training costs hundreds or thousands of dollars when it used to be free, because public school drivers' ed programs were eliminated as states slashed education budgets alongside the introduction of GDL programs, leaving only expensive private classes[6]
- increased urbanization has given more teens better access to walkable, bikable, transit-accessible, and rideshare-accessible neighborhoods[6]
> not to mention expansion of women's soccer ... It might make me fall in love with the game, however, because I have seen how relegation is a high stakes event for teams and the fans
England in particular's struggled with pro/rel in the women's game because from a financial sustainability standpoint, there's effectively no place to promote from or relegate to -- if you aren't Liverpool or Man United, promotion can be a financial bullet to the head. And if you're Liverpool, the stakes of relegation are next to nil, but if you're Doncaster, the stakes are utter destruction and demotion past the second and third tiers because of unattainable financial requirements. (Mexico's leagues, men's and women's, have had similar problems with pro/rel.)
The US has a similar, more systemic problem on the women's side. Even with new pro second-division leagues starting, our real women's second division is the NCAA, with all the legal baggage that carries.
> “The Union have definitely broken through, but it’s not as big a deal as the Phillies being in the World Series,” says Jonah Gardner of sports data website, Sports Reference. “When people talk about how Philly sports is having a moment, they mention the Phillies and the World Series and the Union in [MLS] Cup and the Eagles [reaching the Super Bowl]. They’re being presented alongside the others as part of the city’s sports.”
Hey, Sports Reference. They ran a graphic last year that showed the most-viewed team pages on their FBRef subsite in 2022.[1] Not a spoiler to say MLS didn't do well; their teams didn't rank in in-market states, including Oregon (NWSL's Thorns FC), Colorado (Crystal Palace), Minnesota (the US national team), California, Washington, Illinois (Chelsea), Florida (Liverpool), New York (Man City), and New Jersey (Liverpool).
Probably, though the founder of CSS-Tricks probably did when he sold it. But many on this site are SWE and they maybe didn't make a million in the past two years, but in the past 5 years, the number will be significant.
I assume DO didn't have 11% technical writers. These numbers are hard to judge if you don't know who got laid off.
Their tech writers were under their marketing team, and the CMO got exited as part of this. At least one tech writing team got laid off.[1] Their opt-in list includes six technical writers or editors out of about 152, but I've seen more writers announce on LinkedIn than are listed here. (Engineering took it on the chin, 73 listed.)[2]
DO had invested a lot over the last few years into expanding its technical content library as a SEO strategy. They seem to have completely backed out of that investment.
Coyier's $4M exit was nice, sure. Built on 15 years of work, though, alongside his primary job being a developer/designer and CodePen founder who also wrote, not as a full-time writer.
Still standing by my guarantee that no technical writer here got north of $1M of salary or compensation for two years of work. Not even close. If any got north of $500k they're both role models and were probably overpaid for the market.
I got recruited for DO's technical writing team a few years back but passed because I was happy in the role I had at the time. Feels like a dodged bullet.
The oscillation between brands wanting consistent weights and spacing within logos to look "cleaner", and wanting inconsistency to look "authentic", all of it happening on an almost subconscious level for everyone subjected to it, employs so many graphic designers. It's mind-boggling.
The capacity in Portland isn't there regardless of quality: 615 shelter units available for adults at 98.7% daily utilization, up from 84.8% in August and 90.1% in October.[1]
Even has a .nojekyll file in the repo, and they since moved publishing to Netlify.